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The top part of niu can be compared with the Mayan kin (sun) glyph (left middle):

  

If we think away the outer oval perimeter and the little circle in the middle, only the 'spokes' of the 'sun wheel' will remain; a crosslike sign similar to the top of niu:

The 4 'spooky spokes' represent the 4 cardinal directions constituting the 'temple-palace' of Quetzalcoatl, the Meso-American sun god:

... His temple-palace was composed of four radiant apartments: one toward the east, yellow with gold; one towards the west, blue with turquoise and jade; one toward the south, white with pearls and shells; one towards the north, red with bloodstones - symbolizing the cardinal quarters of the world over which the light of the sun holds sway ...

Ghosts are not clearly visible, they just 'whisper' to the eye.